10.15 MAX BRUCH: ODYSSEUSA secular oratorio considered by many in Bruch's time to be his masterpiece. It was performed widely in the late 19th century but disappeared from the repertory after the First World War.Tonight's recording was made by North German Radio at a concert in Hanover in 1997.BruchOdysseus, Op 41Odysseus: Jeffrey Kneebone, baritonePenelope: Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-sopranoNausikaa: Camilla Nylund, sopranoLeukothea and Pallas Athene: Stephanie Lange, sopranoHermes: Bernhard Gartner, tenorTeiresis: Michael Burt, bass-baritoneHelmsman: Robert Holzer, bassBudapest Radio Chorus; North German Radio Chorus; North German Radio Phil Orch/Leon Botstein. Koch Schwann 3-6557-2 1hr47'(Next Tuesday: another rarely-heard Bruch oratorio)BruchEight Pieces, Op 83: No 6 in G minor; No 7 in B - Paul Dean, cl; Brett Dean, va; Stephen Emmerson, p. ABC Classics 442 363-2 10'0020 - 0026BruchPiece in E flat minor, Op 83 No 8 - Paul Dean, cl; Brett Dean, va; Stephen Emmerson, p. ABC Classics 442 363-2 6'